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Briefly: The internet got really upset earlier this week when a couple of independent producers announced that they would be moving forward with It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story, the sequel no one but the writer and producers want, with hopes to release the film in 2015.

Turns out no one was more upset than Paramount, which owns distribution and sequel rights to the film. Read More »

UPDATE: A pitch trailer for this film was found on YouTube. Check it out below.

That rumbling you feel is the rising tempers of film fans all over the globe. But the holidays are approaching, and maybe we should learn to forgive. That’s the only way to process the wild news that a sequel to Frank Capra‘s 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life is now in the works.

The tentatively titledIt’s A Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story, written by Bob Farnsworth and Martha Bolton, follows the angel of George Bailey’s daughter Zuzu (Karolyn Grimes, who’ll reprise the role) as she teaches Bailey’s evil grandson (also named George Bailey) how different the world would have been if he’d never been born. Producers are currently looking at directors and hope to shoot the $25-$35 million film in Louisiana early next year for a Holiday 2015 release. Read More »